BY 358 - Animal Learning and Cognition

Institution:

Clarkson University

Subject:

Description:

This course focuses upon how animals acquire, process, store and recall information about their environment and social partners. Topics that will be examined include how animals perceive and classify stimuli; how they learn and remember; how they orient and navigate; how they measure time, number, and amount; how they acquire abstract concepts; how they perceive social relationships; and how they communicate. A diversity of invertebrate and vertebrate organisms will be included (sea slugs to primates!), and there will be an emphasis on understanding taxon-specific specializations as well as general patterns across animals.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.clarkson.edu

Phone Number:

(315) 268-6400

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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